What's a good company AI adoption rate?
category.xyz is at 98.3%. This is 54.6pp above the community median (43.7%)..
98.3%
↑54.6pp above43.7% Community Median
Keep codifying prompts and monitoring adoption so the lead over peers is sustainable.
MARCH 2026
category.xyz Engineering AI Productivity Report
A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the category.xyz engineering team.
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The category.xyz engineering team reports 98.3% AI adoption, 1.25× productivity lift, and 73.1% code quality across recent work.
These metrics track how AI integrates into delivery pipelines, how throughput changes when assistance is used, and the health of AI-supported code review outcomes.
What this report measures
We analyze commits and diffs to estimate AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for your engineering organization.
How to interpret these metrics
Use these signals to understand how AI assistance fits into day-to-day development, where enablement efforts drive throughput, and how review practices keep quality steady.
AI Adoption Rate
HIGH
98.3%
AI assistance is present in 98.3% of recent commits for category.xyz.
AI Productivity Lift
MODERATE
1.25×
AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 25% lift in throughput.
AI Code Quality
MODERATE
73.1%
Review insights show 73.1% overall code health on AI-supported changes.
How is the category.xyz team performing with AI?
The category.xyz engineering team reports 98.3% AI adoption, translating into 1.25× productivity lift while sustaining 73.1% code quality. These outcomes suggest AI-supported reviews are embedded in day-to-day delivery without trading off reliability.
Manager Questions Answered
Real questions engineering leaders ask about AI productivity, with live benchmarks and company-specific data.
Does AI actually make developers faster?
category.xyz operates at 1.25×. This is 0.12× above the community median (1.13×)..
1.25×
Roughly in line1.13× Community Median
Instrument reviewer assignment and AI summaries to trim the slowest merge steps and edge past the median.
How does AI affect code quality?
category.xyz holds AI-assisted quality at 73.1%. This is 49.9pp above the community median (23.2%)..
73.1%
Roughly in line23.2% Community Median
Invest in AI-specific test checklists and shadow reviews to keep quality slightly ahead of peers.
How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?
AI impact is concentrated—69.0% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.
69.0%
Run prompt-sharing sessions, codify AI review checklists, and incentivize broad participation.
How can I prove AI ROI to executives?
category.xyz has a solid ROI signal with room to strengthen either adoption, lift, or quality before presenting to executives.
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Document case studies where AI accelerates delivery while maintaining quality, and expand playbooks across teams.
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How Your Company Ranks
See how top engineering organizations compare across AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality.
AI Adoption
% of commits with AI assistance
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Companies in this quartile:
ID
idesie.com
(2904.2%)
IN
inngest.com
(1429.6%)
PR
prefeitura.rio
(87.4%)
NA
naduni.local
(87.4%)
Top 25% of teams adopt AI in 65-75% of their commits.
Productivity Lift
Cycle-time improvement vs baseline
?
Companies in this quartile:
IN
inngest.com
(4.82×)
U.
u.nus.edu
(2.87×)
AC
acad.pucrs.br
(1.12×)
MC
mcornholio.ru
(1.12×)
Top performers sustain 1.5× cycle-time improvements over six months when embedding AI into workflows.
Code Quality
Post-merge defect rate
?
Companies in this quartile:
IN
inngest.com
(701.7%)
ID
idesie.com
(649.2%)
GZ
gzgz.dev
(20.0%)
GW
gwu.edu
(20.0%)
Top 25% maintain quality above 92% while expanding AI usage, pairing automation with rigorous guardrails.
Rankings based on aggregated Exceeds AI dataset of 1.2M commits across open-source and enterprise engineering teams (Q4 2025).
Top contributors
Top contributors combine high AI adoption and quality output. Encourage internal sharing of best practices.
Contributor
Commits
AI Usage
Productivity Lift
Code Quality
VC
Vicky Chen
Commits225
AI Usage99.7%
Productivity Lift1.42x
Code Quality84.0%
KK
Kevin Kuehler
Commits137
AI Usage99.7%
Productivity Lift1.40x
Code Quality89.7%
RT
Robert Tsai
Commits43
AI Usage92.2%
Productivity Lift1.38x
Code Quality92.0%
KC
Ken Camann
Commits177
AI Usage100.0%
Productivity Lift1.31x
Code Quality88.2%
AL
Alexander Lee
Commits38
AI Usage100.0%
Productivity Lift1.10x
Code Quality88.0%
Encourage knowledge transfer from top AI users to others through internal mentoring or recorded "AI coding walkthroughs." Balanced adoption across the team typically improves overall performance by 12-15%.
Cross-Organization Network
Shared Repositories
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Faster delivery
1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps
Safer velocity
93% quality → lower rollback risk
Equitable gains
AI less dependency on heroes
Governance
Depth monitoring audit-ready
